Basilio Chimney
During the second half of the 19th century, Archena was provided with new services at the same time as incipient industrial production began. Among other innovations that came to the town were the construction of all the roads that today lead to the town, the first street lights and pavements in the main streets. There was also an increase in agriculture that made possible an important development of the canning industry, which was due to the fact that now there was land available from the disentailment process and the use of engines that allowed water to be brought to the dry lands. This is how Archena came to have a large number of factories, and the introduction of steam boilers made it essential to use chimneys to evacuate the fumes that were generated. The chimneys were built from the inside; a single man helped by metal hooks in the shape of a fork climbed up the walls that he himself raised until he reached a height of twenty metres. In the 1960s, with the advent of industrial fuel oil, the chimneys were no longer necessary. Even today, five of these chimneys can still be seen in Archena and are listed as Historical Heritage.
There are five historic chimneys in Archena, dating from the beginning of the 20th century, which were used to evacuate smoke from the steam boilers of the canning factories in the municipality. They were built from the inside by a single person using metal hooks, who climbed up the walls, which he raised himself, until each chimney reached a height of approximately 20 metres. They are listed as Historical Heritage, and their conservation over time has left us evidence of the prosperity of industrial activity in the town.